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T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, ANDREW RANKIN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Combined Water-Closet and Urinal Bowl and that the following description, taken in con.. nection with the accompanying drawings, hereinafter referred to, forms a full and exact specification of tho same, wherein I have set forth the nature and principles oi" my said improvements, by which my invention may be distinguished from all others'of a similar class, together with such parts as I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent.

The present invention consists in-hinging Within the body of a Water-closet bowl, and at or near its lower end, a pan or dish, which, by means ot' a. rod or rods, is connected with a lid hinged to the top of the bowl, or to a handle, in Such a manner that by the raising ofi thesaid lid or handle the pan will be overturned or upset so asito discharge its contents. i

The pan is arranged within the bowl so as to embed itself in a receptacle suitably formed therein to receive and hold anyl deodorizing material, whether in the form of a liquid or powder suitable for deodorizing or disinfeeting the excrement, urine, Ste., discharged into the bowl. In the accompanying plate of drawings my improved combined water-closet and urinal bowl is illustrated- Figure 1 being a plan or top View of the bowl.

Figure 2, a central vertical section, taken in the planeofthe line a: ne, iig. l; and

Figure '3, a central transverse vertical section, taken in the plane of the line y y, fig.- 1.

A, in the drawings, represents the bowl made of an oval or any other suitable shape in cross-section, and with a taper from end to end, it being placed in position with its smaller end uppermost. The upper end of the howl is open, and to it is hinged one end of a lid, B, that in its centre is cut out corresponding to the open end of the bowl. C, n. rod or Irods hung to under side of lid B, from which, extending downward through the bowl, is hung at the lower end to a, pan or dish, D, hinged to the inside of the bowl at or near its lower end, but with a reservoir or receptacle, E, under the same for a portion of' its length; this pan being hung so that by the raising and lowering of the lidB it will swing within the bowl, it lying across thc same when the lid is down, but when the lid is raised being inclined or tipped up from end to end, snitablertor throwing its contents flown through the opening F in the bowl at one end of its receptacle E. But the above may be changed so that 'the receptacle E will cover the whole bottom ol' the howl A, the discharge pipe in this case being attached to an opening in tbc rear part of the bowl A. The pan or dish D is intended to set or project down into the receptacle E, und around such pan the reservoir is closed or covered by a plate, H, that is provided with a series of perforations, a, to allow the liquid contained in the receptacle to be forced from the saine and into the pun, as such pan sinks into the receptacle. In the receptacle E the deo-.florizing material is to be placed, und by the arrangement of the pan within the bowl, as has been above described, such deodorizing agent will always cause the excrement, urine, &-c., to be disini'eeterl to a greater or less degree even ii` allowed by carelessness .to remain in the pan. If desired, a water-discharge pipe for cleaning the pan or dish and washing oli' its contents muy be arranged within the bowl, and in such a position as to act upon the pan when tipped up for being emptied.

I do not intend to confine myself` to any one particular method of overturning thepan or dish D, as it admits of many variations, but I prefer the inode herein described, as it is simple, and not liable to get ont of repair` Having thus described my invention, I claim us new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentr lhe pan or dish D and perforated receptacle E, inv combination with a water-closet howl, all arranged and operating substantially as and for the purpose described.

ANDREW RANKIN.

Witnesses:

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